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Electrode

Granted 5 May 2015 · no office action yet

Current assignee: OERLIKON METCO (US) INC. · originally OC Oerlikon Management AG

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Inventors: Robert F. Savill, Jr. · Examiner: Patricia Palasik · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/420,557
filed 10 May 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D728647
granted 5 May 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a side view of one…

FIG. 1 is a side view of one embodiment of the electrode;

FIG. 2 is a front side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 shows a back side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 shows a top side view of FIG. 3 ; and,

FIG. 5 shows a front side perspective view of FIG. 1 .

Any surfaces of the design not shown, including interior surfaces and any surfaces shown in broken lines, form no part of the claimed invention.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/144

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Examiner
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USthis patentUS-D728647-SS15 May 201510 May 2012grantedElectrode
USUS-D813278-SS120 Mar 201820 Mar 2015grantedElectrode
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AUAU-345615-SS19 Nov 201229 Oct 2012publishedElectrode
CACA-148165-SS9 Oct 201324 Oct 2012grantedElectrode
TWTW-D156494-SS21 Oct 20135 Nov 2012publishedElectrode

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